Installed and offline on site
Install the app from the menu, or add it to the home screen on an iPhone or iPad, and draw, look in 3D and print in the basement or a cabin without a signal.
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How to do it
Open the app once with a network, on the device and in the browser you will use. From then on the whole app is kept on the device, in all its languages.
To install it, open the menu (the folder at the top left) and choose “Install the app”, in Chrome or Edge. On an iPhone or iPad the menu says how instead: tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”. Installed, it opens in a window of its own, like any app.
Without a network, start it as usual. It opens your last project, and drawing, 3D, the drawings, printing, the rule check, the demo houses and project files all work.
“Offline” in the top bar tells you that you are without a network; tap it to see what works. What needs the internet says so when you try it: the assistant and live calls, logging in and paying, the address search and the map, and reading a PDF for the first time.
When a new version is ready, the app says “A new version is ready”. Press Reload when it suits you: it never reloads in the middle of your work.
Good to know
- On a tablet or a phone, one finger moves the plan or turns the 3D view, two fingers zoom, and a tap selects; on a phone the panels open as a sheet from the bottom. It is made for looking, small changes and the assistant: drawing a whole house still wants a mouse and a keyboard.
- Your projects are kept on the device, installed or not, and save themselves as you work. Save the project file now and then, to have a copy somewhere else.
- A photo of an old drawing imports offline, while a PDF needs the internet the first time one is read. See Importing old drawings.
- The assistant and live calls come back by themselves once you are online again. See The assistant.
- Pluss works offline too: printing to scale, the shared file, the exports and pictures – with the Project pass until it ends, and with a subscription for a week after the app last reached us.
Questions and answers
Do I have to install it to work offline?
No. After one visit the app also works offline in the browser. Installing it puts it on the home screen or in the Dock, opens it in a window of its own, and asks the browser to keep its storage for good.
Which browsers can install it?
Chrome and Edge offer “Install the app” in the menu, on a computer, a tablet or an Android phone. On an iPhone or an iPad, tap Share and then “Add to Home Screen”: the app’s menu shows you how.
Is my work safe without a network?
Yes. The project is saved on the device as you work, the same as online: nothing waits to be uploaded, as your projects are not stored with us. Close the app and it opens where you left off.